Long-sustained cultural traditions in the Balkans risk being diluted as barriers fall.

Like many other Gulf States, the United Arab Emirates has a large population of expatriates. But how do Christians, for example, practise their

‘Bend it like Beckham’ director Gurinder Chadha presents new killer comedy, ‘It’s a Wonderful Afterlife’. The film is about an Indian mother

More than 30 years ago, the first meteorological satellite Meteosat-1 revolutionised weather forecasting. Since then, predictions have become more

The number of dangerous consumer products registered with the EU’s rapid alert system (RAPEX) rose by seven percent in 2009. Examples of the some

Spain has lost a European Union lawsuit over artist Salvador Dali’s intellectual property rights. The European Court of Justice ruled in support of a

Investigators continue to search for clues amongst the wreckage of the crash site where Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria and 94 other

Oil traded near 18-month highs on Thursday as Chinese economic growth surged and after prices rose during the previous session as US government data

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and a German company has announced a potential rival to the iPad tablet computer. The

Danone has withdrawn health claim applications on two of its bestselling yogurts – Activia and Actimel – as some brokers voiced concern the European

China’s economy continued to boom at the start of this year according to the latest figures from the National Bureau of Statistics in Beijing. But

Swiss drugmaker Roche’s sales in the first-three months of the year were better than expected – up by six percent on the same period last year at 8.5

Any commercial jetliner flying into a column of volcanic ash is likely to encounter problems. euronews aviation specialist Giovanni Magi explains

Tens of thousands of would-be passengers have had their travel hopes dashed by what air traffic controllers are calling the worst peacetime airspace

Furious protestors have urged Polish authorities to rethink plans to bury late president Lech Kaczynski at Wawel Cathedral in Krakow. The row

Ousted Kyrgyzstan president Kurmanbek Bakiyev has fled to neighbouring Kazakhstan, in a move described as “an important step towards the

Thousands of flights have been cancelled across Europe after a volcanic eruption in Iceland led to the unprecented closure of airspace.   Planes are

Rescue teams in China are racing against the clock to find survivors. Around 300 people are still missing in the wake of Wednesday’s powerful

Ousted Kyrgyzstan president Kurmanbek Bakiyev is reported to have fled the country on a plane bound for Kazakhstan. The news came after the Kyrgys

Rescuers in China are working round the clock to find survivors of Wednesday’s earthquake.

Fireworks and lasers have lit up the skies in North Korea, as the country marks the 98th anniversary of the birth of its founder, Kim Il

A giant drifting plume of volcanic ash from Iceland’s active volcano is disrupting air traffic across northern Europe. In the UK all airports in

Outside the presidential palace, the streets of the Polish capital are lined with mourners queuing to pay their last respects to their first

Lights, camera, action… The leaders of Britain’s three main political parties are preparing to hold their first ever live TV debate. Prime

Shots have been fired at a rally held by ousted Kyrgyzstan president Kurmanbek Bakiyev. Bakiyev arrived in Osh, Kyrgystan’s second city intent on

Rescuers in China are working round the clock amid freezing temperatures to find survivors of Wednesday’s earthquake. The powerful tremor has

Hundreds of flights in and out of Britain have been cancelled as a giant cloud of volcanic ash drifts across the country. All airports in Scotland

Members of the EU Commission, among which Jose Manuel Barroso sign the condolences book made by the Polish Permanent Representation in Brussels.

Jerzy Buzek, the Polish president of the European Parliament, leads the homage to the victims of the plane crash that killed Lech Kaczyński.